who was killed in the mississippi civil rights workers murders in 1964 , and hartley pea ##vey , founder of pea ##vey electronics headquartered in meridian . the federal courthouse was the site of the 1966 @ - @ 1967 trial of suspects in the murder of chan ##ey and two other activists ; it was the first time a white jury convicted a white official of a civil rights killing . previously inhabited by the cho ##cta ##w native americans , the area now called meridian was obtained by the united states under the terms of the treaty of dancing rabbit creek in 1830 during the period of indian removal . after the treaty was ratified , european @ - @ american settlers began to move into
who was killed in the mississippi civil rights workers murders in 1964, and hartley peavey, founder of peavey electronics headquartered in meridian. the federal courthouse was the site of the 1966 @ - @ 1967 trial of suspects in the murder of chaney and two other activists ; it was the first time a white jury convicted a white official of a civil rights killing. previously inhabited by the choctaw native americans, the area now called meridian was obtained by the united states under the terms of the treaty of dancing rabbit creek in 1830 during the period of indian removal. after the treaty was ratified, european @ - @ american settlers began to move into